5773. Ngamazwi “Ayeseklebhula izingubo zawo” kufanekiswa ukulila noma ukuzila. Lokhu kuchachiswa wukufanekiswa kokuzilela iqiniso elilahlekileyo ngo “klebhula izingubo” (bheka inombolo 4763); nalapho kufanekiswa ukuzilela amaqiniso aphuma eyeneni lawo, ababengasenakuwagabadela ngoba basebezinikele ngokuba yizigqila phambi komuntu owayephezu kwendlu kaJosefa (bheka isahlukwana 9), naphambi kukaJosefa uqobo (bheka isahlukwana 16), okufanekisa ukuthi kabasayukuphinda babenenkululeko engeyabo, nakanjalo ukuthi kabasayukuphinda bacwile emaqinisweni aphuma eyeneni labo. Mayelana nokuzilela amaqiniso eyena labo, okufanekiswa ngo “klebhula izingubo zabo nangokuzinikela ekubeni yizigqila”, kumele kwaziwe ukuthi kubakhona ukuguquka okwenzeka kubantu abazalwa kabusha, okungukuthi, baholelwa ekwenzeni ukulunga ngesu leqiniso, kepha kamuva baholelwa eqinisweni ngesu lokulunga. Lapho kwenzeka lenguquko, noma lapho isimo sabo siphendukezelwa wukuzalwa kabusha, kubakhona ukulila noma ukuzila; ngokuba lapho bezalwa kabusha bangeniswa ekulingweni, esiyisimo esivova nesinqoba iyena labo maqede kugudliswe ukulunga esikhundleni salo, okuwukulunga okwakha intando entsha egodle inkululeko entsha, nakanjalo okwakha iyena labo elisha. Lokhu kufanekiswa ngokubuyela kwabafowabo bakaJosefa bedangele kuJosefa, nokuzinikela kwabo ekubeni yizigqila zakhe, nokugcinwa kwabo isikhathi eside kulesosimo, nokungazidaluli kukaJosefa kuze kudlule ukulingwa; ngokuba ngemuva kokulingwa, iNkosi iyabaduduza.

1. THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM REGARDING FAITH

Faith is an Internal Acknowledgment of Truth

Faith today is taken to mean no more than the thought that a thing is so because it is something the church teaches, and because it is not evident to the intellect. For we are told, "Believe and do not doubt." If we reply, "I do not understand," we are told that that is why it should be believed.

Faith today is therefore a faith in the unknown and may be termed a blind faith. Moreover, because it is one person’s assertion received by another, it is an inherited faith. We will see in what follows that that is not a spiritual faith.